ok so a while ago @disarmd posted about how Lando might be a Never Mouther (never kisses on the mouth) and the possibilities of this possessed me so after significant help here's 2k of Max kissing Lando's hookup for him because he's very helpful like that.
It's technically a threesome I guess? Though no one touches Max outside of the lips.
At dinner, Lando said he was going to pick up later, so Max wasn’t surprised when he came back to the hotel room later with a girl.
wondering if you have any recent galex recs that the people may have missed (i’m the people)
i've been so excited to answer this ever since it came into my inbox, and i think ao3 is finally back from the wars (god willing) so let's goooo
i have been reading a lot of real books, so i have not been keeping up with the galex tag as comprehensively as i would've liked, but here are some i've enjoyed lately!
you got me (into this) by @bakugeorge
the sex erotic kit fic we were all praying for, delivered so beautifully by a genius. actually had to take a moment in the middle of reading it to be thankful for sports rpf in general. like so extremely hot, very good complex characterisation, and all based on a real thing georgie said. god bless
so please open your mouth (say ah) by an anonymous hero
i personally didn't look at the tags before i read this one, and when i got to theeee part, i actually gasped. showstopping, very hot, and on top of everything, includes the galex podium of my dreams
if your body's into me by @phneltwrites
written for @galexfest! i loveeeeee bodyswap as a baseline, but being set in early 2021 when alex lost his seat and stopped answering george's calls, this one is sooo interesting and does so much with character. i feel like everything i want to say is spoilers and i don't want to ruin the deliciousness, so please just read it and then come talk to me about it later okay great
tea and tupperware by daisyducks
written for the @formulabortionfest (which is a beautiful idea for a fest), this is such a perfect little treat. as you all know i love cheating, and it's so delicious to read a post-alex engagement fic. glorious unresolvable agony!
again and again (and again) by @wandersails
due to afformentioned reading of real books, i hadn't been keeping up with this while it was a wip, and i was absolutely delighted to see an almost 100k completed galex fic waiting for me to gobble up the other week. i love the structure of this fic with all the flashbacks, and i love george being an idiot, and i love a happy ending
what's in our hearts by an anonymous genius
a work in progress! if i'm honest, i normally browse the galex tag filtering for otp because our guys are so likely to be background, but somehow i stumbled across this fic anyway and i'm so happy i did. it's a BDSM AU (which i've never read much of before), and both the world building & george's repression are delicious. i know now that this is part of a larger series, but i'm keeping myself spoiler free for what happens next
those are the first ones that came to mind, but if anyone has any i've missed, please let me know!
pleasure kit fic where alex reads the same article reviewing dts we all did and calls up george to tease him and ask him well? did you try it at least? and george admits that yes he tried it but he couldn’t for the life of him figure out how it was supposed to… fit… and alex says Georgie did you try to stick a dildo up your ass without any prep? and george says well I wouldn’t have if there were instructions but there weren’t so what was I supposed to do! and alex says george for a very smart person you are very stupid sometimes. have you never heard of google. and george says well I can’t very well have that in my browser history and alex says well okay then. Maybe I can give you instructions. and remember they’re on the phone for this. george is silent for so long alex plays back what he said and Jesus fuck did he really just offer to tell george how to finger himself. And then george says okay. And then george says are you free now, or….? and that’s how galex have phone sex without even kissing first amen.
Odds' first rec list: bragging about the amazing stories people wrote for my promts
I so love thinking of promts, it has been the perfect way for me to dip my toes into participating in fandom as someone who has no desire to write or create anything my own. And I have been beyond blessed by the stories people have been written for some of my anon promts. I want to have them all in one place and I want everybody to read them. So made this rec list. You might think I'm biased (I am) but I also promise you that all of these are objectively amazing.
In chronological order:
cosmic proportions by @janinaduszejko, Carlos/Carlos Sr, 2k
The first thing that was ever written for a prompt of mine and I struck gold on the very first try. Yes it's incest(ish) but it barely feels like incest while you're reading it. And it's also a wonderful exploration of the views Carlos Sr has on his son and his performance. It has some phenomenally hot orgasm denial and some incredibly sexually charged interactions that still make you question wether anything actually happend. Go read it, I promise you won't regret it.
my favourite flavour, cherry red by @kidulkas, Carlos/Max, 2.7k
This was written for a kink meme promt for orgasm denial and it delivers an incredibly hot version of that. It's also a meditation on what it means to deny yourself in all kinds of different ways and it has a fascinating dynamic between Carlos and Max. MY favorite flavour!
in/connu by @kidulkas, Pierre/Charles, 10.2k
This was written for the That Trope You Hate fest for the promt of drivers cheating on each other, a trope I really can't claim to hate. It answers questions such as: What does it mean to be together? What's the difference between cheating on your situationship and cheating on your girlfriend? What if you want to fuck it out but your dick won't stay hard? It's funny and smart and hot and heartbreaking. I love it.
La pire de bénédictions by @kidulkas, Pierre/Esteban, 4.2k
Another kink meme promt. I still get such a kick out of the fact that you found THREE of my promts in the wild, that's some truly fated shit. The promt was for dubcon roleplay and it's a story about two people for who that's the only way they can let themselves have sex with each other. It's equally as hot as devastating. I've never cared so much about Pierre and Esteban before or since.
In Abidance by @disarmd, Oscar/Mark and Daniel/Lando/Oscar, 39k
I can't really claim I contributed anything to the idea of this story but I did lobby very hard for it to be written and it was gifted to me and I can imagine no bigger honor. If its prequels were all about the hotness of sexual slavery this story is about the horror of it. It's about neglect that's worse than violence and it's about being rescued when you didn't even dare to want that and about thawing after years of being frozen. It's about being owned in a new and better way and starting to learn to be a person again. It deals with all of these things in the most careful and compassionate manner you could ever imagine. It makes me feel so much to even think about this story that I'm crying just typing this. It's also incredibly hot and sometimes funny. You really really need to read it and also all the other fics in this series which are equally brilliant.
recursion by @disarmd, Oscar/Carlos, 4k
This was one of the first ever promts I sent and then I got to look forward to for nine months. And it didn't disappoint! Its Oscar is socially akward in a way that's very uncomfortably relatable to me and its Carlos has his own issues that Oscar is too preoccupied to notice. It has the most evocative descriptions. It's so hot. There is secret orgasm denial. It's brilliant!!
sour grapes by @vroombeams, Lando/Oscar, 4.1k
I was feeling very gleefully evil when promted (the first chapter of) this story and then I cried when I read it. Played myself. It's an incredible exploration of what it means to be "good" at cheating and it's so juicy and hot but also heartbreaking. It's short but there is an incredible amount of nuanced characterization in it and I could think about it forever. You also need to check out the tag for essential Magui and Mark POVs.
These two tumblr ficlets by @fast-burn that manage to create a whole world in just five sentences.
The first one is an exquisitely fucked-up Nortrell dynamic and the second one is a very sweet yet melancholy slice of Maxiel. They leave me wanting more in the very best way.
capsize in your thighs by @wedriftlikelonelyplanets, Lando/MaxF, 7.4k
The promt for this was pussy curse cnc but it's something much better. It's about not wanting to want something and being with someone who knows to give it to you anyway and it's about feeling wrong in your body and being made to feel better. It's incredibly hot and romantic and it went very deep into my heart.
mini hyperspecific fic rec list for TIME TRAVELLING SHANE bc i have now read three fics with this concept and i love each of them uniquely and dearly.
Day 90 by @greatcomets which is shane time looping after his ep5 accident. this fic is DELICIOUS it is such fantastic shane character study and uses his anxiety+comfort with routine in such wonderful ways. its also funny and suicidal and awkward and romantic in the best time loop ways.
circle back season by an anonymous author on ao3. i read this twice in a row as a truly great time travel story deserves. 18 year old shane timejumps into ep6 shane's present, and both of them have to explain this to ilya. it is SO beautiful and i can honestly say it gave me a new perspective on canon shane's anxiety, in a really fun way. and ilya is adorableeeee in this absolutely gone to pieces over baby shane which i find very relatable #iwishiknewyouwhenyouwere8
cut to the feeling by @boxboxlewis which is also 18 year old shane time jumping, but this time to 2026 when shilya are RETIRED and have a BABY which is very SHOCKING for the shane who just got out of the gym scene!! in these two fics i really love how the different points they pluck shane out of change his perspective so much, and here again shane's anxiety and control issues are played with so well. i love how resourceful he is in this fic lol. also some very sexy virginity "roleplay" which i adored.
in general i think time travel is a fantastic way to play in this genre space bc each of these fics futzes with the concept of the character knowing what kind of story theyre in. if shane knows hes in a romance, in a world with his happy ending, does that change anything about his choices? or is the whole point that his choices were the right ones all along, bc they are the choices that lead to love? its the opposite of what if x could only be watched once; what if the characters themselves see the track and must still make the active choice to run along it? its also a great place to put a character with anxiety; how do you challenge someone who agonizes over the "right" way to do things? by giving them that exact opportunity! truly three perfect fics that i am really enjoying putting in conversation with each other. thank you to these authors!!!
a galex au of "one of us always lies, the other always tells the truth"
"What an unbelievable mess of a situation, really, this whole curse business. You’re sure it didn’t get you too? I thought it hit most of the grid.”
"No, no, just here for a check-up. As far as I can tell I’m fine."
“Well, I guess you wouldn’t be able to say that if you weren’t -- anyway, I hope this fucking doctor can fix it, I’m supposed to see Lily tonight. Can you imagine I’m still like this when I see her?”
“It’s not that big of a deal, right? I mean, I don’t make a habit of constantly lying my head off to my girlfriend.”
“I’m always honest to Lily, but that’s just because she hasn’t asked the right questions. Oh, Christ. Forget I said that.”
“I will, don’t worry. But I can’t imagine there’s any question she can ask to which the answer is bad enough it’ll break you up, right?”
“I feel like she’s been circling around it, lately. She hasn’t asked, outright.”
“Asked what?”
“About you.”
“About -- about me?”
“Jesus, George, it’s not decorous to ask a man these things when he can’t lie. Yeah, about you. The -- you know, the thing. The thing there is, with us.”
“The thing.”
“Yeah, that thing. The thing we don’t discuss.”
“The thing we don’t discuss.”
“Yeah, exactly. The thing we both know is there and politely ignore.”
“Oh, yeah, no, I -- I know what you’re talking about. I mean, you were pretty obvious, but I thought I managed to hide it well. What did you -- if Lily had asked, what would you have said?”
“God, it’s making me chatty as well as honest. I thought there might have been -- I don’t know. It felt like something and usually you’re so easy to read but with this. Inscrutable. I didn’t want to risk it in case I was off.”
“You made the right choice, Alex, honest. You and Lily are -- it wouldn’t have worked, between us."
“I’m thinking about proposing to her.”
“Wow, that’s -- Alex, that’s amazing. I’m so happy for you.”
“You’re sure that -- Christ, this is humiliating. Georgie, you’re sure that it wouldn’t have worked? It’s just that, I mean, it’s -- wow, I’m literally cursed to be honest and I can’t even get the words out. Shows how much of a mess this thing is, in my head. I think what I’m trying to say is, say the word and I’ll pack it away and we’ll never mention it again. But if there’s a chance -- if there’s something you feel for me, still.”
“Alex.”
“I’d risk it.”
“I don’t feel that way about you, anymore. I used to -- God, Alex. But that’s the past.”
“Right. That’s -- well, it’s convenient at least. Makes things easier.”
“Mr. Albon? The doctor is ready for you in examination room four, just down the hall.”
“Oh, right, thanks, I’ll be right along. Anyway, Georgie, it’s just -- okay. I’ll see you next week, I guess. Let’s forget this happened, right.”
“Already wiped it from my mind, don’t worry about it. Good luck tonight, Alexander, I hope she says yes.”
the theme of this mini rec list is: that kink! is! undernegotiated!
get good by whatimages (E | 4975 | Shane/Ilya)
Ankle sprain at fifteen, broken ribs and another lost tooth at sixteen. At seventeen, a hairline clavicle fracture that almost cost him his spot at Juniors. Shane's a good patient. Quiet, says please and thank you to the nurses, always does his physio. Never, ever complains.
And then he gets his first concussion.
[AU after the end of ep 4]
Free Rein by anonymous (E | 3929 | Shane/Ilya)
"Stop asking me if it's okay. If I want it. You're always, like—whatever. I'm not one of your fucking girls, okay? If I don't like it, I'll stop you. I can make you stop."
Patience and other virtues by jtimu (E | 4487 | Shane/Ilya)
“I had an idea,” Ilya says. He puts his hand on the back of Shane’s head and holds him in place. Shane hums a question and works his tongue into the underside of Ilya’s cock. “Maybe you only come when you are like this. With your mouth on my cock.”
Bite Hard by mcshrug (E | 9562 | Shane/Ilya)
Shane finds out he likes it when Ilya bites him. It’s possible he likes it a little too much.
hi! i just wanted to let you know that i read one of your books and i loved it. the smut was great but outside of that you're really good at setting a scene and using imagery and i was kind of mesmerised imagining the landscapes you create with words
aside from your other works (which i'll be checking out posthaste), do you have any book recommendations? i've been trying to get back into reading and i just realised i don't really know where to start. can be from any genre, but i enjoy fantasy/sci-fi/anything with any amount of original worldbuilding honestly
thanks in advance!
thank you :^) lets seeeee. i feel like my immediate recommendations will be things everyone says to read but they're good for a reason and i didn't get around to reading them till the last five years. so.
first of all literally anything by ursula k le guin. if you're looking for something more mature, i recommend left hand of darkness. i tell everyone to read that. changes your brain chemistry. if you want fun fantasy, the earthsea series. really good cultural worldbuilding in everything.
octavia butler's lilith's brood series is also really good science fiction. she pairs well with le guin so if you enjoy one, read the other.
the lies of locke lamora is a fun fantasy series with extremely dense, rich worldbuilding. i've only read the first book and it takes a minute to get used to the way it jumps back and forth in the timeline but once you're in you're In and you'll have a hard time getting back out. the author makes ttrpgs and when i found that out i was like 'oh that explains it' because it's Such a world you want to play in.
for romance i always recommend kj charles, she's the GOAT of gay historical romance and will give you unreachably high standards for everyone else. i tend to recommend picking up 'the ruin of gabriel ashleigh' first because it's 99 cents and is a perfectly serviceable taste of her writing, and the series it's attached to is a great entry point into her work and also features the Best use of BDSM in historical fiction i've ever encountered.
if you read anything i recommend you have to come back and tell me if you liked it
just read your max verstappen fic and what a masterpiece!!! I'm craving more f1 whump - do you have any f1 fic recs?
Hey nonny! First off: thanks, that’s incredibly kind of you. Very much appreciated.
Secondly: I have F1 recs. Quite a few, actually. Most of them do not fall under the category of whump and defs not the kind that I write. I fully acknowledge that I’m a 90s/early 2000s h/c writer. The only other F1 fic I know of that’s kind of in that vein would be Icarus. It’s almost 300k, gen (WAGs are mentioned/appear occasionally), wingfic, and very much old school whump. So you might want to give that a shot.
If you’re interested in my other recs, well...
Before I start with actual F1 fics, I want to rec the fic that got me INTO F1. It’s a Top Gun F1 AU. You don’t need to know TG. It’s fucking brilliant, and I cannot recommend it highly enough: Before They Turn the Lights Out. Bradley is an F1 rookie coming out of a successful IndyCar career. Jake is his race engineer. It takes a bit for them to find their rhythm.
Okay, now that I’ve brought that word to y’all, I’ll go by pairings.
Seb/Lewis
The Heartbeat is a Hunger: soulbond fic (sort of). Lewis bonds too easily. Seb can’t bond at all. Both are a problem in their own way. Interesting world building and a great take on this trope.
Hard Year/Good Time/Socks Up/Foot Down: amnesia fic. Seb loses nine years and a whole lot of context. Lewis, in his own way, does too. Absolutely gorgeous piece about memory loss and forward movement.
Misalignment: Lewis comes out. Seb hates everyone he dates. We love an oblivious!Seb.
This Scheißkerl, am I right?: Set in 2021, when Lewis is having a time of it. This fic is funny and messy and very, very human.
Everything Heaven Allowed: Lewis comes out as an omega immediately before his first year at Ferrari. I love this fic. I LOVE this fic. I’m a/b/o neutral, in the sense that I won’t read a fic just because it’s a/b/o, but I’m not squicked by it, either. Essentially: you have to make the fic about something more than the trope/fetish. This fic is so much more I can’t even. It’s about race, it’s about gender, it’s about being willing to take chances. And it’s kind to Lewis in a way he so deeply deserves. Honestly probably my favorite fic in the fandom.
Brocedes
Your Hands Can Always Make Better Mistakes: Nico doesn’t retire after 2016, but he’s tired. Lewis notices. One of the first fics I read in the fandom and it has stuck with me. Unquestionably by favorite for this pairing.
If You Want Forever (I Bet You Do): Rimming fic. With feelings. Just, it’s good, okay?
All I Need: Hanahaki fic. Sharply funny, warm, and on point.
Landoscar
Have You Ever Tasted Brake Fluid?: your-soulmate’s-first-words-are-written-on-your-skin fic. Lando is a menace, Oscar is a romantic. To this day the funniest thing I’ve read in this fandom, and honestly, since Jae’s Coldhearted in POPSLASH. AKA, 2002, or thereabouts.
Turn The World Down: d/s AU where Lando is still a driver, Oscar puts out pro-dom content. Little bit whumpy, incredibly soft and lovely.
Bruises: technically this pairing, although really more just Lando-centric. Lando wants to handle things on his own. This one is also a bit whumpy, bonus points for “hiding illness/injury” trope. Omnomnom.
Car Like This, It’s Disrespectful Not to Speed (Yes, Indeed): Lando pushes and Oscar hits back (not literally) after Hungary. Then Lando apologizes. This is a really good fic, but I think the big thing for me is that if you feel bad about the fact that Oscar’s first win was kind of shit, there’s a satisfaction in his anger here.
All I Do: Where they work out Hungary in a very different way. This is the first in a duo, and while I find the first hot, it’s the duo overall that works for me, because I like communication, and that doesn’t happen until later.
Afterburn: Oscar goes a little Nico Rosberg on Lando. Lando goes to Ferrari. A top-notch fic about what happens when you’re too young to really understand yourself and the most important thing to you is winning.
Learned Behavior: Lando is afraid to want. Oscar has his shit together. A very sharp and well done take on degradation play and other kinks that tend to be pretty misunderstood.
Russtappen
Which Side Are You On, Boys?: Winner’s Room fic where George is a menace righteously committed to his cause and Max should probably pay more attention. A++ characterization, so, so fucking funny.
You Remind Me: a duology, both *chef’s kiss*. Sometimes you gotta hatefuck it out (in Qatar), sometimes you spend all winter break not-exactly-hatefucking and suddenly you’re discussing your relationship to your respective dads. Some very solid emotional h/c within idiots-to-lovers, here.
Won’t You Take Me (Home): Winner’s Room Singapore ’25. George is exhausted and just needs someone who’s going to use him and gtfo so he can sleep. Max…does not do that. Soft boys being soft, sweet with just the right amount of ouch.
Trial By Fire: Max is framed for something and George, despite disliking him, believes in the concept of innocence until guilt is proven. Fair warning: if you’re someone who goes “okay, wouldn’t the po po be involved in that situation?” or is going to be bothered by the idea of a George Russell who did college before coming to F1, this is not your fic. If those aren’t the kinds of details that bother you in ~156k of slow-burn, plot-based fic? Hit this like a screen door in a hurricane.
Startling and Unwelcome Moments of Insight on Verstappen: non-linear. George’s career has been defined by Max’s accomplishments, he just wants Max to look at him. (Max is looking). Quiet fic, sharply observed and well-executed.
By Any Means: Max knows he’s obsessed. George takes a minute to realize he is. Funny, with just a little bit of ouch, hits in all the right ways.
The One Where It All Started: one of my two favorites for this pairing. Max is repaying a favor George doesn’t even know he’s owed. This aches so, so sweetly, and the ending is just. Ugh. I can’t. Too perfect for this world.
Collateral Intentionally: My other fave for this pairing. Max goes to Merc, George goes to RB. I kind of don’t even know how to explain. George is doing his best and, like most of us, lost to understand how it’s enough. Max is dumb AF about other people, George included. Isack is The Actual Best. (No, he’s not part of the pairing. Still important information.)
Other Stuff
There You’ll Stand (Next To Me): lestappen. In which Max sort of accidentally leans into his friendship with Charles for PR purposes, and, as one might expect, things get messy. The main plotline in this is extremely well-executed. All the same, my absolute fave part of this fic is the fact that Lewis gets a line so funny I cried.
Weep Little Lion Man, You’re Not As Brave As You Were at the Start: lestapiastri. Oscar needs more cuddles. That’s it, that’s the fic. That’s all it needs to be. A++.
Burning Out Rubber (Going Too Fast): gen, Lando-centric. Lando shunts Max in this midst of the 2024 Championship fight and Max is injured badly enough to take him out for several races. Mostly about Lando figuring out who he wants to be as a driver and a person. Achy and sweet.
Tyre Blankets: gen. Ollie is struggling with loneliness his rookie year. Oscar takes a moment to listen. I love well-done fics with a tight focus on a simple moment that say something about the characters. This is that.
You Are Loved, You Are Loved, More Than You Know: technically landoscar, but really gen. Mark-centric. Mark’s POV on this kid he didn’t mean to sort-of, kind-of adopt, but oops did. And now there are feelings. Perfect little character study.
The Grid Kids and the Terrible, Horrible Adventures of Sebastian Vettel: Seb/a whole bunch of people, there is an endgame pairing, but I’m not going to mention it. Lando’s POV. A fic about how homophobia allows for some terrible shit, about growing up, about how even when we’re right, we’re not always right. This is funny AF, hurts so so much, and has JUST the right ending.
In Anticipation Series: Dando, Landoscar, Max/Franco, and some other minor pairings/sexual partners. Slavery AU. I’m not sure how to sum this series up. The relationships are complicated, the characters are complicated, everything is complicated, but in the best possible way. All of them are messes in their own way, and all of them are trying their best and it’s just. If your stomach doesn’t hurt at some point, idk what to tell you. We have a very different emotional response to fic.
Got Me On My Knees: Lewis/Bono, d/s AU. Lewis, who’s definitely not out as a sub, goes to Bono to be put down. Bono takes the trust seriously. I mean…Bono domming Lewis. Do I really need to make more of an argument? It’s so good. So fucking good.
A Kingdom of Isolation (And It Looks Like I’m the King): Max/Lewis. Lewis is an alpha who helps a number of the omegas on the grid with their heats. Max is jealous, but heaven fucking forfend he just…ask for help. He comes up with a plan to seduce Lewis. Shockingly, it doesn’t go as planned. Look, I’m weak for a Max who desperately wants Lewis. Even when Max doesn’t really understand that’s what’s gong on. This has a nice jolt of ouch to it, and resolves well.
Don’t Pray for Love (Pray for Cars): Lewis gets his 8th and gets out. He and Max start as a game. Doesn’t everything? Oh man. Another one of my fave fics in this fandom. Everyone except Seb in this is so dumb, I say with love.
All Roads Lead to Rome: gen. Three times Seb and Max met when Max was still in karting. This is a true Jos-Verstappen-is-his-own-warning fic. Max is so fucking messed up in this and well. Yup. Just really bittersweet in all the right ways.
Love: A Diptych Series: an epic shit-ton of pairings, none of which are really the point. The only way to explain this series, which is ~428k is “we’re all the hero of our own story”, even those of us who know we’re not heroes. Or, as Lewis thinks about his dad telling him, in the first fic in this series, “All men must love something. Even the worst man.” Some things to know: a) unlike a normal series, you can read whatever you’re interested in. It holds together as a series, but each piece is separate from the other, b) there are times (a number of them) when I vehemently, violently disagree with some of the premises of this fic. And it doesn’t fucking matter, because it’s so well done that I’m willing to go along with it, c) this writer has a very strong voice. I really like it, but I suspect it’s strong enough that if you don’t like it, you’re not going to be able to roll with this fic, d) the pairing taggings can be a bit weird. Sometimes the slash means "these characters are sexually and/or romantically involved", sometimes it means "one of these characters has a crush on the other, but there's no sex or relationship between them." All of that said, I find this fic really smart. Even when, or maybe especially when it’s making me uncomfortable. Just, yeah.
It's time once again for my annual rec list! This is not in any way a comprehensive list of the best HRPF in 2025, but it is the HRPF I happened to have read of this year's offerings that I enjoyed the most and thought others might, too. Organized by pairing for your convenience:
McDrai
Obligations by @helenish (McDrai, a/b/o, 21K) -- mm yes I'm starting obscure with a work by the multi-fandom legend and possibly best writer in hrpf right now, Helenish! Come for the biting, stay for the feels.
Ahead by a Century: Prelude by @demotu (mcdrai, the first segment of a decade-long getting-together journey, 34K) -- I was SO excited to see demotu return to HRPF this year after a decade-long hiatus. This is the first segment of what's apparently gonna be a several hundred K near-canon getting together story that spans a decade of their lives and includes some VERY long drawn-out UST, so obviously I am extremely sat.
General Dynamics by @demotu (mcdrai, BDSM AU with dom-for-hire Leon, 45K so far) -- gotta love a good BDSM AU, especially when it features Connor McDavid, deprived sub who thinks he isn't allowed to have what he wants. The dom-for-hire piece adds a really fun element to the dynamic that I haven't seen so far. It's a WIP, but invest now, it's worth it!
from the happy effort of a body by @notthequiettype (mcdrai, getting together, 12K) -- notthequiettype cannot miss. The one starts with the team looking at Leon's grindr profile and includes some variety of (imo) demisexual Connor and provides, as always, such real-feeling and complex characterizations and a rich sense of the friendship between the two of them. Plus some very hot smut.
halfway there by crispierchip (mcdrai, switch!Leon/dom!Connor, 50K) -- oh hell yes. Leon's a switch who's having trouble not subbing during the season so Connor offers to help him out and you can just guess where it goes from there. Super satisfying.
every lonely place by withfeathers @thelittlebirdthatkeptsomanywarm (mcdrai, getting together post trade, 70K) -- I feel like I don't have enough classic long getting-together stories in this list this year but here's an excellent one. Leon gets traded to Boston and it turns out a big part of why he's so bummed about it is that maybe what he wants from Connor isn't just friendship after all.
a hundred shades of gold by @notthequiettype and @winglavender (mcdrai, AU where Connor's older, 41K) -- the treat I've been waiting for ever since the first part came out last year! I'm not usually a huge age difference person, but this one handled it in a really lowkey and enjoyable way that felt true to their dynamic. So genuine-feeling and satisfying. The chatfic element also really worked for me.
Willmack
blush by countthestars @moondoggiestyle (willmack, panties, 10.5K) -- I maaaay already have been overly effusive on main about how much I love this fic, but it is a treasure. I can't reread it too often though or it makes me want to write willmack in panties (again) and I just don't have that kind of time. But I do want other people to write them in panties so you should all read it and get (hot and bothered and) inspired.
woke up like this by canary @bigdogenergy (willmack, woke up as a girl, 18K) -- Speaking of willmack feminization, how about Mack with a surprise pussy? As with everything by canary, impeccably written, love the relationship dynamics.
i got time, i can give you some (willmack, developing relationship ish, 6K), and anywhere but home (willmack go to Sid's training camp, 13.6K) by donderwolk @bliksemflitsenblog -- I'm pretty sure donderwolk is the preeminent willmack scholar of our times. If she doesn't have a PhD in them by the time they're done with their ELCs, it'll just be because universities haven't caught up with her level of expertise. It's an unparalleled delight to read stories infused with all that rich insight into their characters and the wonderful weirdness of their dynamics, in prose that never fails to make me hum with satisfaction. They're weird about each other; they're weird about themselves; they're weird about Sid; what more can you want?
Soldier Boy, Bleed by @ghostsinmachine (willmack, non-AU D/s, 38K) -- This fic might have the best Mack voice I've ever read. If (whennnn) I write a WYL installment for them it's going to be heavily indebted.
Always Comes First by toxotes @toxotesjc (willmack, 38K) -- I discovered toxotes this year and proceeded to read all of their work, gratefully. They're is super good at displaying hauntingly real internalized homophobia and toxic masculinity, so if you enjoy pressing that particular variety of angst button, you're gonna eat this and all their other works up with a spoon.
Every drop of rain singing I love you by @mcjesuswept (willmack, werewolves, 5K) -- mcjesuswept has written a ton of great stuff lately, and I chose this one because I can't resist me some werewolves, especially when they can't resist each other. Also there's piss kink. Which might not be my thing but is apparently also not NOT my thing.
the thing that gets attached to you by edmoil @stonemitts (willmack, internalized homophobia and jerking off, 10K) -- mmmm is there anything hotter than two guys who are trying not to be gay but jerking off together anyway? Delicious Will pov delicious internalized homophobia delicious smut.
Tom/Wyatt
Let Me Love You by sofrancesca @sofrancescasocleanclean (Tom/Wyatt, D/s, 10K so far) -- Ohhhh my god you guys this feels like another installment of Where You Lead except that I didn't have to write it, which is a GIFT. Sofrancesca does such an amazing job of inverting the dynamic so that Tom is just as much of a pest as we know him to be in real life except that what he really needs is to be held down by Wyatt, our scrumptious dominant mouse who no one believes is a dom (except for Tom, who knows right away). If only Tom knew himself to be a sub. Can't even tell you how excited I am to get the rest of this one!
million-mile august by @teethkick (Tom/Wyatt, getting together, 17K) -- Absolutely loved the growing feelings and tension in this one (and the previous one in the series, which is more pre-slash-y but also great). I wrote down that it gave me "stomach flutters galore," so, you know, if you like those. 😏
bury me here in your laundry pile by ribena (Tom/Wyatt, wingfic, 11K) -- mm the angst and the yearning and the internalized shame combined with such unusual worldbuilding (Tom's part cat! Wyatt's part bird!). And so sweet at the end.
TKNP
Living Things by makeit_takeit @makeit-takeit (TKNP, getting together post retirement, 303K) -- Living! Things!! This is a series and it isn't finished yet, but the main storyline was just resolved, so this is the perfect time to read it. This is, imo, the definitive take on how Travis and Nolan could end up together in the future in a way that feels realistic.
A True Place by @sofrancescasocleanclean (TKNP, historical whaling AU, 23K) -- the pininnnnng!! I'm probably biased because sofrancesca wrote this for me and specifically put in things that she thought I'd like, but boy howdy did it work. The homoerotic tension of listening to someone jerk off in the bunk next to yours in the crowded belly of a sailing ship 😍
Tread Carefully by @patrebka (TKNP, foot fetish, 7.6K) -- yes okay but hear me out! It's foot fetish fic with FEELINGS. You definitely don't need to be into feet, as long as you're into hockey boys being into stuff they'd rather not be into (and aren't we all).
(honey you're starting something) deep inside of me by ellen_shame @ln-shame (TKNP, TK is a nurse, 3K) -- Um. Nolan almost comes on a hospital table; that's all I'm gonna say.
Other
shotgun waiting to sound by @teethkick (Pierre-Luc Dubois/Ryan Leonard, non-AU BDSM, 13K) -- This one is a total rarepair and brings a different a rougher side of BDSM than you see in a lot of fics. Not something I write a lot of, but very delicious to read. For when your rookie just needs, as the tag says, to be broken like a wild horse, ideally by a very large and very solid man.
New Fevers by @teethkick (the Dewies struggle against comphet, 39K) -- oops all teethkick in this section! I had never read anything about these two, but almost 40K later I had so many feelings about these two and the internalized homophobia keeping them apart. Long pining epics full of denial, my beloved 🥰
That's all I've got for this year. So fun to group them all together like a little hoard of treasures 😍 I look forward to finding out about the many masterpieces I no doubt missed!
do you have any sincaraz fic recs? My mind palace is furnished but every time I go in the tag it feels like no sickos live there
one thing about me is that i am at least a moderate sicko :) in one way or another :) i got u babe.
in order from most to least sicko:
juno - jannik/carlos (+ juanki is there) omegaverse. MAXIMUM SICKO. this does things with omegaverse porn I'VE never ready before and i have read some omegaverse porn in my time on this earth. read the warnings but uh. if this is for you. this is FOR you. and if you follow my tumblr i suspect it might be. cien por ciento sicko :)
changeover - jannik/carlos. carlos jacking off repeatedly in jannik's body. idk how else to summarize this. extremely good.
ice in my oj - jannik/carlos omegaverse. RUT SEX BABYYYYY. many very fun details omegaverse worldbuilding details in this one and appropriately nasty sex. great sexual dynamic as well #spitinhismouth
(WIP) frame shot - jannik/carlos. this is SOOOO GOOD. fake dating but done SO agonizingly well. incredible hurt comfort elements. incredible internalized homophobia. incredible jannik voice. the thirst tweet scene.... changed me as a person tbh. really really well written, and. does seem to be updating about monthly but imo the current stopping point is a nice cliffhanger without making you want to die. tbh my fav fic ive found about them.
the seas catch fire - jannik/carlos. this is NOT sexually sick but it IS emotionally sicko. weapons grade seeminly unrequited love. this is like to me what all sports rpf should be. i stayed up until 2 am reading it. truly delivers perfectly on the premise.
i would also generally rec the other fics by all of these authors! sadly not a lot of public ao3 bookmarks in tennis which is how i like to find fics but this will get you through a few days at least. xoxo. please send ME whatever recs you have as well everyone!
SICKO UPDATE: sunstroke - jannik/carlos. i remembered @moonshynecybin wrote fic abt them so i found it and read it.,,,. AND it's winner's room porn :) it's jannik hitting it from the back :) thank god :)
There’s no Hogwarts for being a sex telepath. No one comes to your house to tell you “Hey, by the way, whenever you’re touching someone’s jizz you’ll be able to read their thoughts.” Carlos has to figure the whole thing out by himself. Obviously he can’t talk to anyone about it, because he would sound insane and gay, and he’s aiming for a seat in Formula 1. He can’t let a big tabloid reveal of his jizz clairvoyance stop that.
The internet isn’t much help. There are some discussions on Reddit, internet idiots joking around. A few grifters on the make—there’s a guy in Montana who says he can teach sex telepathy to anyone, satisfaction guaranteed—but no one’s offering what Carlos wants, which is the ability to turn the whole stupid thing off.
Well. Apparently he’s stuck with it, so he learns to live with it. Mostly that means ignoring it, which means choosing not to have much sex. It’s not the biggest sacrifice; Carlos is very career-focused. And his efforts pay off. He makes it to Formula 1. He makes it to Ferrari, even, the red car, the legacy, everything he ever wanted.
Then he ends up at Williams.
The car is shit, of course, and it’s not like the Ferrari was always a pleasure to drive, but sometimes the FW47 feels like an elaborate practical joke. Alex is a little bit of a dick about it, in a smiling way. Oh, you think this is bad? Should’ve been here in 2022, mate. Joking but not joking. He’s outscoring Carlos. Things just really aren’t great.
If the car was better, things would be better. But realistically, how much can Carlos do to improve the car?
And then suddenly, he has an idea.
He expects that it will be very difficult, seducing Oscar Piastri. They’ve not really talked much, and Oscar doesn’t seem like the most open of people. But it turns out to be simple as anything. Easiest pickup Carlos has ever made, not that he’s made a ton. “Oscar,” he says. It’s media day in Miami and the paddock is bustling, people swirling around them.
Oscar pulls his headphones slightly off one ear. “Yeah?”
“Do you want to come to my hotel room later. To discuss strategy.”
“To discuss—mate, we’re not on the same team,” Oscar says disbelievingly.
“Yes, I know,” Carlos says. He lets himself look at Oscar’s mouth. Sometimes, when Oscar is amused but doesn’t want to talk about it, his mouth quirks up at one side. But right now it’s a flat line. “We are not teammates, but there is still much to say, I think. I would like very much to…” Carlos leaves a seductive pause. Or he hopes it’s seductive, at least. “...hear your thoughts,” he finishes.
Oscar flushes pleasingly pink and mutters “Jesus,” and then, “This is so fucking stupid,” and then, “What hotel are you in, then?”
That evening Carlos kisses Oscar as soon as he gets through the doorway, only so he won’t start talking and asking inconvenient questions. Oscar makes a surprised noise against Carlos’s mouth, and then kisses him back. Carlos could get lost in it, kissing Oscar, how responsive he is, the little noises he makes, the warmth of his body through his t-shirt. But he’s not here for a good time, he’s here to do some career-saving corporate espionage. He pulls away so he can get his hand into Oscar’s jeans.
“All right, easy, mate,” Oscar says. “I’m not going anywhere.”
Carlos manages a chuckle and says, “I know this. I just—I want—”
Something flares in Oscar’s expression and he pounces on Carlos, kissing him again, walking him backwards until they’re somehow lying on the bed and Oscar is kissing Carlos’s neck, and then his hand is on Carlos’s dick and it’s been a while, for Carlos. That has to be the only reason it feels so good. That has to be the only reason Carlos is so loud, and he’s never loud like this but he can hear himself, stupid gasping groans and he doesn’t even care. He never wants Oscar’s hand on him to stop but he can’t stop himself, too soon, panting, hips twisting, spilling over Oscar’s fist.
It would be extremely embarrassing to think about the fact that he cried out “Ah, Oscar!” as he came, so he doesn’t. He simply lets himself bask in a post-orgasmic feeling of wellbeing. Gathering information about the McLaren doesn’t feel urgent right now. He just wants to float contentedly and let himself have this small moment of peace.
Oscar is less relaxed, biting his lip and staring at Carlos. Touching himself. “Fuck,” he says, “Carlos, you’re so—”
Carlos suddenly realises that if they stay in their current positions none of Oscar’s jizz is going to end up where it needs to be, on Carlos’s skin. “No, Oscar, wait,” he says. He pushes his t-shirt up, exposing himself. “On me. Please, on me.” Oscar lets out an obscene wailing sound and comes obediently all over Carlos’s chest. And there it is: with the wetness on Carlos’s skin there arrives at the edge of his mind an awareness of Oscar’s consciousness. Carlos mentally shifts himself closer to it.
Oscar’s mind feels cool and peaceful, like being in the sea on a hot day. His thoughts are of course in English. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, he’s currently mostly thinking about Carlos. He’s surprised that Carlos was so into him, although everyone’s thoughts have layers and underneath Oscar’s surprise there is perhaps a faint pleased satisfaction—a belief that maybe he always suspected, really, that no one could go around looking like that, like Carlos, without some freakishness lurking under the surface. Perhaps Oscar always knew, on some level, that Carlos would be up for it—
“Hey!” Carlos says. Then remembers he isn’t supposed to be able to hear Oscar’s thoughts, and shuts up.
Oscar blinks sleepily at him. He’s thinking that Carlos is acting strange but perhaps that’s simply how Carlos is. Maybe he’s done this to half the guys on the grid, propositioned them and then got really weird after. Maybe it’s going to be awkward every time he sees Carlos now. Oscar isn’t at all bothered by the prospect, but he thinks Carlos might be.
Carlos knows he shouldn’t, but he clears his throat and says, “Just so you know. I haven’t done this before, with a driver.”
“Wow,” Oscar asks. “You read my mind.”
He’s bantering, he hasn’t actually figured it out. Carlos just needs to stay calm. “Ha ha,” he says. “Good one. Um, maybe we can talk about cars now. What we like, about our cars this season.”
Carlos can feel Oscar mentally revising his estimation of Carlos’s inner freakishness even further upwards. To be fair, he’s not making much of an effort to hide his reaction. Carlos would probably be able to read it even without any jizz in play. “You really want to talk about cars now?” Oscar asks.
“Yes,” Carlos says firmly.
“Sure you don’t want to maybe, ah. Clean up a little first?” Oscar asks, jerking his chin at Carlos’s jizz-covered chest.
“No,” Carlos says. “I like it.”
Carlos feels Oscar’s admiration, the way he respects Carlos’s confidence in himself. Respect for straightforwardness in general lies right at the core of Oscar’s mind. He likes that Carlos feels comfortable being a full-on freak the first time he hooks up with a guy. Underneath that there’s a confusion of swirling wordless arousal and fascination and fear. Oscar dislikes being closeted, but also doesn’t particularly want strangers and fans to know anything about his personal life. It’s a lot for Carlos to sort through; he reminds himself to focus.
“You’re a dark horse, Sainz,” Oscar says. He reaches out to rub some of his jizz into the skin of Carlos’s pec, his eyes dark and interested. “You like this, yeah?”
Whether or not Carlos likes it is not the point. He needs to ask questions that will get Oscar thinking about his McLaren. “What do you think is the most important part of a car design,” he says. “If you picture the McLaren this year, for example.”
The next day Carlos goes to James. He is buzzing privately with excitement but hiding it, he thinks, pretty well. “James,” he says. “I have a source, with McLaren. They have shared with me some information about their car that may be of interest to us.” James’s habitual expression of mild concern doesn’t alter, but he manages to convey perplexity with a tilt of his head. Carlos ignores this and clears his throat. “Their brake cooling, it is more efficient.”
There is a fairly long pause. “Right,” James says. “Just to make sure I’m understanding this correctly: you have a secret McLaren source. And the secret information they’ve conveyed to you is that they’ve really cracked their brake cooling.”
“Yes,” Carlos says. For one wild moment he wishes James would jizz on him, so he could know what he’s thinking. “I cannot say more.”
James says, “Carlos,” and puts his arm around Carlos’s shoulders. Team Dad, activating comfort mode. Not really the response Carlos was looking for. “Look, your efforts to help us improve the car—I see them, all right? You’re doing well for this team, Carlos. You don’t need to feel that you should be doing anything else. Why don’t you just forget about this—this source, whoever they are. Let’s focus on getting some good races in, all right?”
Carlos obviously needs to get more information from Oscar. Better information. He sets his jaw. “Do not worry, James. I will do whatever I need to for the team.”
He has Oscar’s number because of GDPA stuff. After free practice he sends a text. 💦 again? When we are back in Monaco.
Typing bubbles appear and disappear several times. Finally Oscar sends Jesus carlos lol.
Carlos says, Is that a yes? After a few minutes Oscar sends back 💦 💦💦🤪. Obviously Carlos doesn’t have access to Oscar’s thoughts at the moment, but he’s pretty sure that’s Australian for “Yes Carlos, I would like to jerk off with you again soon.” Perfect. The plan is in motion.
The rest of Carlos’s Miami weekend is varying degrees of stupid, infuriating, and cosmically unfair. He scrapes two points in the feature race, but even that’s unsatisfying, because Alex gets ten. All through the celebration with the garage he has a pounding headache at the base of his skull, which doesn’t really abate until he’s back at his apartment in Monaco. It’s a relief when Oscar buzzes, precisely on time.
“Heya,” Oscar says. He seems wary, somehow, as if Carlos is a wild animal who might do something unpredictable and dangerous. This is annoying, because Carlos is being logical and sensible, but there is no way to explain that.
He says, “Hello, Oscar,” and Oscar nods. It’s absolutely fucking maddening, being around him and not being able to read his mind.
“I was thinking,” Oscar says.
“Yes, well done.”
“Ha ha. No, I was thinking—what if I fucked you?” Oscar’s voice is casual but his body language isn’t. For a moment Carlos is consumed by thoughts of Oscar’s body. Oscar on him, in him; Oscar surrounding him, the world as Oscar and Carlos just floating in it. He realises that Oscar is saying “Carlos?” and he needs to respond.
“I—yes,” he says. Then his brain kicks back online and he thinks it through. “Wait, no, I need—you can fuck me, but I don’t want you to use a condom.”
Oscar stares at him. Carlos stares back.
Oscar cracks first. “Okay, well, Mark will double kill me if I get an STD from a fellow driver, so—no, hey, I’m not accusing you, I just—let’s be safe, right?”
“Oh,” Carlos says. “Yes, you are right, safety is very important. Maybe we should wear Nomex, while we are fucking. Helmets also? I will speak to the Williams garage, and see if I can borrow a halo.”
Oscar rolls his eyes. “Yeah, or. What if I use a condom but pull out before I come, and jerk off over you?”
Carlos thinks this through. “It has to land on my skin,” he says, and Oscar hisses in a breath.
“You really are massively into being spunked on, aren’t you? No shame. Just, ah. Not something I would’ve guessed.”
“It is not—the Church does approve of condoms,” Carlos snaps, improvising wildly.
Oscar nods. He gets his mock-serious about-to-make-a-stupid-joke face on. It’s indistinguishable from his actual serious face, which makes the fact that Carlos can tell the difference mildly concerning. “Right,” Oscar says, “pulling out and spunking all over you it is, then. Anything to make the pope happy.”
Not a terrible stupid joke, as they go. Carlos knocks his shoulder into Oscar’s shoulder. “Whenever you are finished being unfunny, I am here waiting for you to fuck me.”
Oscar doesn’t understand, but he doesn’t need to. Carlos is going to make it back to the top of F1. And sex telepathy is going to get him there.
this originated from a chatfic with carcar professor jd. thanks also to jd for reading the draft over. i'm literally standing on the shoulders of giants here.
inspired by the nyt spelling bee of 3 dec 2025. CUMPATH wasn't a valid pangram, if you're wondering
✧ confidential incident report by fiftyfivechillis (@reids-gf)
Carlos Sainz Jr/James Vowles, 900, not rated, complete
prompt/trope: HR violations report
✧ two souls at the same time by fiftyfivechillis (@reids-gf)
Rebecca Donaldson/Carlos Sainz Jr, 2.4k, rated E, complete
prompt/trope: strapped up Rebecca
✧ Let This Start by hamlettee (@hamlettee)
Rebecca Donaldson/Roberto Merhi, 3k, rated M, complete
prompt/trope: 3rd person POV
✧ pledge allegiance to your hands, your team by magnificentbirb (@magnificentbirb)
Alexander Albon/Carlos Sainz Jr, Alexander Albon/Lily Muni He, 4.8k, rated T, complete
prompt/trope: hypothetical curses, consensual infidelity
✧ Feelings, Fealty, and Fetch Quests by zitronenfalter99 (@sourcitrusph2)
Pierluigi Della Bona/Carlos Sainz Jr, 4k, rated E, complete
prompt/trope: prince and his loyal knight
✧ you know it to be true (you don't know how this will end) by ali_is_tired
Carlos Sainz Jr/James Vowles, Carlos Oñoro/James Vowles, 1.2k, rated T, complete
prompt/trope: 3rd person POV, misunderstandings
✧ connect (I want you to learn) by usual_shenanigans (@usual-shenanigans)
Alexander Albon/James Vowles, 2.6k, rated M, complete
prompt/trope: boss/employee relationship, dom/sub undertones
✧ they don't know what you've done to my heart by sapphicracer (@lesbiandanhowell)
Carlos Oñoro/James Vowles, 1.3k, rated T, complete
prompt/trope: anyone but the drivers, secret relationship
✧ lost items by brawngp2009 (@brawngp2009)
Carlos Sainz Jr/James Vowles, Rebecca Donaldson/Lily Muni He, Carlos Oñoro/Roberto Mehri/Pierluigi Della Bona, 3.6k, rated G, complete
prompt/trope: choose your own adventure
✧ Grove’s Days by sevensandcastles
Carlos Sainz Jr/Gaëtan Jego, 2k, rated E, complete
prompt/trope: driver/engineer
I'd be so happy if you could recommend more jendo fics, as well as any other good fics you know about unusual pairings that include lando xd I read some of your other work: "the sea changes colour" and I liked it SO much! I'm willing to read anything, especially if it has an age gap and mommy/daddy kinks included, If you know of any more like that, I'd really appreciate it 🙏
passing that man around like a scented candle in tk maxx - dreammmm rec list
in no order whatsoever, all e rated (i think...), and very much non-exhaustive and just going off my memory and bookmarks.
jendo:
⋆ with all this time between us (or the saga in its entirety tbf) by @astronomical-light
⋆ untouched by @passengerprincipessa (with background lando/max f)
⋆ don't fret, precious (i'm here) by tabris
⋆ ugly, only chance by @otherparties (with jenson/lando/oscar)
⋆ can't figure you out by astronomical_light (with jenson/lando/seb)
⋆ never equal stars in size by @piastriachios
less common lando pairings:
⋆ homeostasis of happy (lando/keegan) by @cosmicscuderia (with lando/max f)
⋆ tetrachroma (lando/jon) by @vroombeams
⋆ getting the win (lando/oscar/andrea) by @peachbel1ini
⋆ the seat fittings series (lando/MCL39) by vroombeams
⋆ each other's (lando/max f/magui/p) by @devantesmithpelly
⋆ like fluff in a teddy (lando/franco/oscar) by @freeuselandonorris
⋆ the go with u series (lando/max f/luisa) by anonymous
⋆ eyeteeth (lando/zak) by @passtheseppie
⋆ close/easy (lando/alex) by @likepilotlights
⋆ plaster (lando/alex) by vroombeams
⋆ posterboys (lando/alex) by @disarmd
⋆ poached (lando/bodyguard rich) by vroombeams
less common age gap lando pairings with mommy/daddy vibes. not necessarily explicitly named but the feeling's there:
⋆ tell me where it hurts and i'll make it hurt better (lando/fernando) by freeuselandonorris
⋆ tight red rope (lando/nicole) by anonymous
⋆ the little lesson (lando/zak) by passtheseppie
⋆ it stays like a sunburn (lando/zak) by passtheseppie
⋆ milk and honey (lando/jenson) by piastriachios
Lando's bodyguard was, in Nico's opinion, unnecessarily large.
"Sorry," Nico said, holding up his press badge, even though, fuck this guy, he definitely knew who Nico was. "I'm just trying to talk to Lando."
"He already did his interviews," the bodyguard said. Nico tried to look around him and wave Lando down, but he was engaged with a gaggle of curly-haired boys who looked they'd been crying for an hour.
"Right," Nico said. He stepped in close to the bodyguard. "I'm trying to talk to him personally."
"Would you like me to pass along a message?"
Goddamn these overenthusiastic bulldogs. There hadn't been a need for any of this in Nico's day.
"Here," he said, handing the bodyguard his key card. "1024."
The bodyguard looked at the key card with open amusement, but made no move to take it. He pulled out his phone and tapped the screen. "He can do 10pm," he said.
"Sure-" Nico started to reply, but the bodyguard cut him off.
"Tomorrow," he said.
"Tomorrow?" Nico repeated. "My flight leaves tomorrow morning."
"Button moved his," the bodyguard said. "Do you want the time or not?"
Nico stared at him, narrowed his eyes, then huffed. "Yes, fine," he said. "10pm tomorrow."
A few weeks ago, I realized that in the time since I got into F1 last August, Oscar/Mark stocks have gone through the roof, which means that the number of fics in the tag is genuinely 5 times what it was when I started reading and writing them.
So it made me want to put together a rec list! Below you'll find some of my favorite Oscar/Mark fics, listed in reverse chronological order of when they were posted. I've decided to limit it to just one fic per author otherwise half the list would be planetad, but so many of these authors have written other excellent Oscar/Mark fics, and other excellent fic in general. Please also consider this a recommendation to browse their entire back catalogues!
Oscar/Mark-centric
► "the skin is just a roadmap" by Anonymous
16k - rated m - oscar is a robot from outer space
summary:
When he opened his eyes on Fernando’s private jet to Baku and found himself floating several feet above his seat, bathed in yellow light, Oscar thought: Finally.
Or: Oscar Piastri is a machine.
Full disclosure that this fic, specifically, is the biggest reason I wanted to make this rec list. Every single scene drips with exquisite insight into Oscar and Mark and their dynamic. I laughed, I cried. (I cried a lot.) If you don't read this – and read it closely – you are missing out. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I think this author is one of the best things to happen to F1 fanfic. I shan't tag you but if you see this I'm blowing you a kiss for writing this thing I've thought about every day since I read it.
► "Recovery Metrics" by piss ass tree (gattungswesen) (@gattyswriting)
6k - rated e - mark tracks oscar's sleep data, in an increasingly horny way
summary:
The reply comes fast.
Hormonal patterns. Testosterone dips show up in sleep cycles. Standard recovery metric.
And the worst part is—he knows Mark isn’t being pervy. That makes it harder to dismiss. It’s just how his brain works. Monitoring. Adjusting. Optimising.
Oscar doesn’t want to care. But some part of him—some small, annoying part—likes being seen like that. As a system. As something to tune. As something worth paying attention to, even when he’s unconscious and useless.
Especially then.
OR Oscar doesn’t remember when it stopped being about recovery.
I think this fic was partially so striking for me because I gravitate much more naturally toward Mark's POV when thinking about Oscar/Mark and what's There in it for each of them, but this fic cracks open the Oscar POV so precisely. I loved it so much that I read it twice the day it was posted, and have already reread it again since then.
► "Caught You Looking" by mswhich (@fastcarscuteboys)
7k - rated e - inexperienced mark webber
summary:
Mark could have used a stiff fucking drink after that, but he had to be on television in twenty minutes' time. Had to talk about his brilliant young protégé, who was routinely beating his teammate in quali and who was a solid bet for WDC and whose cock was probably sturdy and pink and firm and nothing Mark should ever, ever be thinking about. Jesus fucking Christ.
In which Mark Webber goes on a journey of self-discovery.
This author was actually the first Oscar/Mark writer whose stuff I read, and it's all excellent, but anyone who's read my fic "amaroo" would probably be unsurprised to hear that I love this one the most. There are delicious undertones here, particularly having to do with Mark's masculinity issues (or Aussie grit or whatever you want to call it).
► "and the sky is grey" by planetad (@planetadfic)
6k - rated e - historical/vampire au
summary:
Oscar is a kept man.
Drastic setting change AUs are generally quite a hard sell for me in F1 fic, and for Oscar/Mark in particular; their dynamic is so specific that I'm usually disappointed to lose out on even a little piece of it. But this author so expertly coaxes out the nuances of their relationship in ways that surprise and delight me, and this fic is my favorite example. The give and take, the push and pull, the ways in which they keep each other... Immaculate.
► "ripple" by pipitass (@piastriachios)
wip - unrated - pokemon au
summary:
You can’t run from this battle.
“I heard there was a Pokemon there that could help uncover something from my past,” he says, and there’s a twinge of surprise at the honesty. “I came to see him.”
Mark considers him. Arms still crossed, slow blinking as he nods, licking his lips.
“And you thought you’d do that by taking your Eevee and kidnapping your sister’s Chatot?”
OR: Oscar is looking for a solution. The guy on the poster he once tore off his bedroom wall helps him find an answer.
I hesitated to include this fic because it's a WIP, but then I realized that in fact that's part of why I simply must urge people to get on board and give it a chance. Everything I said about planetad's fic stands here as well regarding this AU; I rotate each chapter in my head for days as I think about the implications for our universe's Oscar and Mark. I am not above conceding that I'm also recommending this because world-weary gym leader Mark is So Hot to me and I need everyone to get on the same page about that.
► "we're on a road to nowhere" by broken_frontwing (@brokenfrontwing)
7k - rated m - oscar/mark summer break 2025 road trip
summary:
They drive in comfortable silence for a while, the artificial cherry sweetness lingering in the air between them. Outside, the sky clears for the first time since they got to Melbourne, shedding more and more layers of grey cloud until a vast expanse of blue stretches endless above the highway. The light shifts from filtered and muted to bright and clean, transforming the landscape from something oppressive into something that feels like possibility.
Oscar watches the world change outside his window, the way shadows sharpen and colors deepen as the sun finally breaks free. When he speaks, his voice is quieter than it's been all day, thoughtful in a way that makes Mark ease off the accelerator slightly.
"Do you ever regret it? Any of it?"
This fic is incredibly atmospheric, in part because this author is so patient about peeling back the layers for us. I think this is also my favorite exploration of how Oscar/Mark is inflected by Oscar's dynamic with his parents—Oscar simultaneously looks at it so head-on and so askance. If unreliable narrator Mark is, to me, about him hiding things from himself, unreliable narrator Oscar is about him not wanting to let us look too close at something he at least somewhat understands, and that's really on display here in an interesting way.
► "two red suns" by lastwaves
30k - rated m - mark webber is a 4-time wdc
summary:
A lot of racing is luck.
A lot of it isn't.
This isn't just a Mark Webber character study, this is my Mark Webber dissertation. (Dare I say I am more proud of it than I am of my literal doctoral dissertation.) I was a little reluctant to include it on this list, but it is one of my favorite Oscar/Mark fics and it felt disingenuous to not recommend it as emphatically as the other fics I love. I purposely don't say much about it in the tags or in the summary and I also purposely won't say much about it here, but if you've not read it, please give it a chance.
► "côte d'azur & Kylie Minogue" by brawngp2009 (@brawngp2009)
28k - rated e - non-famous au
summary:
When the initial vacation plans fall through Mark goes to Nice, France alone, where he meets a big Australian family. No matter how much he misses his wife and his dogs this encounter is bound to change his life.
Oh, dear readers... tan brawngp2009 Gets Mark Webber in this way that makes me want to claw at the walls. There's a reason this is the only straightforward non-famous AU on this list, you feel me? Please enjoy rolling around in this version of Mark who's not plagued by demons called Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel but is, in exchange, plagued by an exponentially higher number of demons called Oscar Piastri.
► "full of prosperous hope" by liesmyth (@girldrivers)
4k - rated m - omegaverse baby trapping
summary:
“So what. Want me to pay for the abortion, is that it?”
Or: Oscar knocks up his pathetic old mentor. Oopsie!
On paper not my thing for many reasons (it is both the only omegaverse and only pregnancy fic in my bookmarks) but there’s just so much to chew on with this version of Mark despite the bite-sized word count. I've read it at least five times to soak up the implications.
► "stomach it" by vroombeams (@vroombeams)
6k - rated e - post-brazil 2024 hurt/comfort
summary:
It’s important to Oscar to be calm in all things. He’s known for this. For being measured and steady and sensible both in and out of the car. Keeping a level head is second nature, rationality even in situations where anyone else might panic or crack under pressure. He imagines himself an anchor, for himself and for the people around him.
The Brazilian Grand Prix ends and he is distinctly not calm.
This fic really earns its "porn with feelings" tag. There's nothing particularly "complex" about it, at least in the way that a lot of other fics on this list have Something Going On under the surface. It's about Oscar being sad and Mark trying, a little clumsily, to make him feel better. It's perfect.
► "when times get rough" by peachbellini (@peachbel1ini)
3k - rated e - post-monza 2024 puppy play
summary:
“After the videos,” he tells Oscar when he can grab his attention, circling a whole hand around his wrist and squeezing until he can feel Oscar’s pulse, any harder and he could crack the bone. “We’re flying with Fernando, and you’ll stay at mine tonight.”
Honestly this fic might be a bit of a hard read right now for anyone who's unhappy with how Oscar's season has gone, but I think the events of this season have only made their dynamic here more interesting. In particular, I love how much Lando and Seb haunt this fic, and I love watching Mark navigate the balance between guiding Oscar and letting Oscar take from him.
Oscar/Mark plus...
► "a sly touch at times" by lost_decade (@lost-decade)
3k - rated e - oscar/mark + mitch evans
summary:
I was here first.
I'll admit I don't really know Formula E, so Mitch is one of the blurrier spots in my Mark lore. Because of that, I think one of the things I enjoy about this fic is how much it fills in those blanks for me just by showing how Mitch perceives Oscar: this is how Oscar fills in the space that Mitch used to occupy. This is how he's different and how he's the same.
► "what a childish thing" by tsimsum
14k - rated e - oscar/mark + lando
summary:
The invitation is written in black ink on a lined index card.
Oscar and Lando are getting married!
December 15, 2035 in Melbourne
Text one of us to RSVP
Mark Webber sabotaging his own happiness is something that can be so personal... Normally I'd say that the fics that really affect me are the ones that I want to go back and reread again and again, but in the case of this fic, I think it's actually more significant that I read it when it was posted back in May and I still can't stomach the emotional turmoil of reading it again. Go subject yourself to it immediately.
► "if only a taste" by leoleaf (@4lbon)
4k - rated e - oscar/mark + logan
summary:
Mark should have a million counterarguments ready, he should be easily pushing him away and leaving. Yet he finds himself entranced by Oscar’s lips, still so close, the memory of the feeling of his tongue still fresh in his mind. All these things about Oscar he can’t unlearn.
“I need someone to fuck me and I want it to be you.” Oscar says, looking up at Mark through thick eyelashes. “I don’t trust anyone else.”
I'm struggling to articulate what I love about this fic without quoting the very last line of dialogue, which I obviously don't actually want to do. But suffice it to say that this author does such a superb job of exploring Mark's relationship with desire—both his own and Oscar's. How afraid he is to admit that he wants Oscar, and how little he feels that he can trust whether Oscar wants him. (And how those things are maybe probably related.)
► "not the planet, not spinning" by bratcedes (@scuderiacanucks)
4k - rated e - oscar/mark + charles
summary:
He thinks about how tired he is and how Oscar had glowed on the top step of the podium, like he had deserved to, and the glint of Mark’s wedding ring in the evening sun. Types out, Where are you?
Hits send.
This is one of my favorite F1 fics, period. It's an exceptional example of a fic where the shippy dynamic is so clearly inflected by what we see of them on track, which I always really savor. I also think it's a really excellent outsider POV fic; Charles sees a lot, but not everything, but maybe a few things that Oscar and Mark don't see about themselves. How this author creates such a rich world in 4k, I don't understand.
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